NCT02521740

CAREGIVER2, Caregiver's Health Assessment : Clinical and Biological Markers

Soutien Des Soins Informels Aux Personnes âgées Fragiles : Accompagnement Des Aidants Sur Base d'Une évaluation Clinique et Biologique de la Charge de Soins.

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 150 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire UCLouvain Namur · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Providing care for a disabled elderly may represent a risk for the health of the caregiver. The objective of the study is to assess the impact of caregiving in terms of clinical and biological markers in relation to disability and cognitive impairment.

Detailed description

The investigators hypothesize that an accumulation of stressful events related to care giving may induce a stress response to the caregiver. This stress response can be measured by biological markers (inflammation, transcription and immunity) and also by clinical markers (frailty, physical performance, nutrition). This stress response can be influenced by the subjective burden of the caregiver and by the severity of the disease of the care receiver (Activity of daily life capabilities, cognitive function, behavioral disturbance).

Conditions

• Caregivers

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Research questionnaires, blood sample	assessment of health (frailty, nutrition, physical performance, depression, burden, sense of coherence, caregiver reaction)

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-03-01
• Primary completion: 2017-10-01
• Completion: 2017-10-01
• First posted: 2015-08-13
• Last updated: 2015-08-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium